A Dictionary of Law

In the action of aceouns render, after judgment of quod computet, ifthe defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may iss

in practice. A judicial writ, (usually simply termed a “capius,”) by which actions at law were frequently commenced; and which commands the sheriff to take the defendant, and him s

A writ of execution issuable in England against a

Writ for taking a moderate

A thing which is stolen, or the value of it. Blount,

A thing which is stolen, or the value of it. Blount.

In old Englishlaw. Chief, principal; at the Aead. A term applied to persons, places, judicial proceedings, and some kinds of property.

In old English law. Chief, principal; at the Aead. A teri applied to persons, places, judicial proceedings, and some kinds of property.

In old English law. Chief baron. Capitalis baro scaccarii

In old English law. Chief baron. Capitalis baro scaccarit

Chief warden or magistrate; mayor. Fleta, lib. 2, ¢. 64, §2.

The chief or principal debtor, as distinguished from a surety, (plegéus.)

The chief or principal debtor, as distinguished from a surely, (plegius.)

Chief lord. Feta, lib. 1, e. 12, § 4; Id. ¢. 28, § 5.

Chief lord. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 12, § 4; Id. ¢. 28, § 5.

The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and guardian of the realm in the king’s absence. This office originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was greatl

The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and guardian of the realm in the king’a absence, This office originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was greatl

CI. Chief justice of the bench, The title of the chief justice of the (now) court of com mon pleas, first mentioned in the first year of Edward I. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 48. CAPITALIS

A chief pledge; a head borough. Townsh. Pl. 85.

Ahead-land. A piece of land lying at the head of other land.

Ahead-land. A piece of land lying at the head of other land.

The punishment of death.

The punishment of death.

The common stock or fund of a corporation. The sum of money raised by the subscriptions of the stockholders, and divided into shares. It is said to be the sum upon which calls may

A tenant tm capite. He who held his land or title directly from the king himself. A captain; a navai commander.

A tenant in capite. He who held his land or title directly from the king himself. A captain; a navai commander.

In old law and surveys. To head, front, or abut; totouch at ihe head, or end.

In old law and surveys. To head, front, or abut; totouch at the head, or end.

Lat. By tho head; by the poll; severally to each individual.

Lat. By the head; by the poll; severally to each individual.

(Lat. caput, head.) A poll-tax, An imposition periodically Jaid upon each person.

(Lat. caput, head.) A poll-tax. An imposition periodically Jaid upon each person. office, rank, ete. It is a very ancient kind of tribute, and answers to what the Latins called “tr

One which is levfed upon the person simply, without any reference to his property, real or personal, or to ally business in which he may be engaged, or to any employment which he m

Bythehead. Tenure in capite wasan ancient feudal tenure, whereby a man held lands of the king immediately. It was of two sorts,—the one, principal and general, or of the king as th

In the civil law. One who had suffered capitis diminutio, one who lost status or legal attributes. See Dig. 4,5.

In Roman law. A diminishing or abridgment of personality. This was a loss or curtailment of a man's status or aggregate of legal attributes and qualifications, following upon certa

Chapters of the crown. Chapters or heads of inquiry, resembling the eapitula itineris, (q.v.,) but of a more minute character.

A register of mortgages made to the Jews. 2 BI. Comm. 348; Crabb, Eng. Law, 180, et seq.

Articles of inquiry which were anciently delivered to the justices in eyre when they set out on their circuits. These schedules were designed lo include all possible varieties of c

Assemblies or chapters, held by rural deans and parochial clergy, within the precinct of every deanery; which at first were every tlirce weeks, afterwards once a month, and subsequ

In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or cod

In military law. The surrender of a fort or fortified town toa besieging army; the treaty or agreement between the conmmanding officers which embodies the terms and condilions on w

Head-fields; lands Capitulum est cloricorum congregatio sub uno decano in ecclesia cathedrali. A chapter is a congregation of clergy under one dean in a eathedra) church. Co. Litt.

Inold records. A cap. Cappa honoris, the cap of honor. One of the salem nities or ceremonies of creating an earl or marquis.

A head-man; commander; commanding officer. The captain of a war-vessel is the officer first in command. In the United States navy, the rank of "captain" is intermediate between tha

In practice. A writ of execution, (usually termed, for brevity, a “ea. sa.,”) which a party may issue after having recovered judgment ag:inst another in certain actions atlaw. It c

In French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it; used in an invidious sense.

<A person who obtains a gift or legacy through artifice.

In practice. That part of 8 leval instrument, as a commission, indictment, ete., which shows whtre, when, and by what authority it is taken, found, or executed. When used with refe

Prisoners of war. As in the goods of an enemy, so also in his person, a sort of qualified praperty may be acquired, by taking him a prisoner of war, at least till his ransom be pai

In international law. One who takes or seizes property in time of war; one who takes the property of an enemy. In a stricter sense, one who takes a prize at sea. 2 Bl. Comm, 401; 1

A head; the head of a person; the whole person; the life of a person; one’s personality; status; civil condition. At common law. A head. Caput comitatés, the head of the county; th

PRINCIPIUM, ET FINIS. The head, beginning, and end. <A term applied in English law to the king, as head of jarliament. 4 Inst. 3; 1 Bl. Comm. 188.

In old English law. Head or poll money, or the payment of it. Dowell; Blount.

The first day of the year.

Thecastle or chief seat of a baron.

In old English law. A oead of land; a headland. Coweil.

The beginning of the Lent fast, 2. ¢., Ash Wednesday.

The head or upper part of a place.

In old English law. <A wolf's head. An outlawed felon

A dead head; /{ icad; obsolete.

In old English law. The head ofa port. The town to which a port belongs, and whieh gives the denomination to the port, and is the head of it, Hale de Jure Mar. pt. 2, (de portubus

In old English law. A tind of raft or boat. Spelman.

A weight of four grains, used in weighing diamonds. Webster. A weight equal to three and one-sixth grains. Whari00,

In French law. An instrument of punishment, somewhat resembling apillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself. Biret, Vocab

A gaol; a prison.

In old English law. To joad; to load a vessel; to freight.

Loaded; freighted, as a ship. '

Gaol-dues; prison-fees,

In ecclesiastical law. A dignitary of the court of Rome, next in rank to the pope.

Incriminallaw. Small papers used in playing certain games. See 2 Humph, 496; 4 Pick. 261; 19 Mo. 377; 12 Wis. 434.

As a legal term, this word means diligence, prudence, discretion, attentiveness, watchfulness, vigilance. It is the opposite of negligence or carelessness. There are three degrees

And this he is prepared to verify. The Latin form of concluding a plea in confession and avoidance. These words were used, when the pleadings were in Latin, at the conclusion of an

Lat. This he is ready to verify. Hoe servabitur quod initio convenit. This shall be preserved which is useful in the beginning. Dig. 50, 17, 23; Bract. 730,

A term used in the old ecclesiastical law to denote a period of forty days.

In French law. A procésverbal de cavence isa document setting out that the Awéissier altended to issue execution upon a judgment, but found nothing upon which to levy. Arg. Fr. Mer

(spelled, also, Car7eta and Carecta.) A cart; a cart-load.

or CARECTARIUS. A carter, Blount.

In Spanish law. An incum- M

In French commercial law. Cargo; lading.

In old English law. To charge. Spelman.

Inold Englishlaw. Carriage; the carrying of goods or other things for the king,

Dearth, scarcity, dearness. Cowell,

Life and annuity tables, compiled at Carlisle, England, about 1780. Used by actuaries, etc.

Of the body; relating to the body; fleshly; sexual.

The act of a man in having sexual bodily connection with a woman. Carnal knowledge and sexual intercourse held equivalent expressions. 22 Ohio St. 541. From very early times, in th

In pleading. A technical phrase essential in an indictment to charge the defendant with the crime of rape.

In old English law. An immunity or privilege. Cowell.

In Englishlaw. A license by the lord mayor of London to keep a cart.

Cloth made in the northern paris of England, of a coarse kind, mentioned in 7 Jac. 1. c. 16. Jacob.

In Spanish law. A carriage-way; the right of a carriage-way. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 31, 1. 3.

A vehicle used for the transportation of persons either for pleasure or business, and drawn by horses or other draught animals over the ordinary streets and highways of the country

or CARRACLE. A ship of great burden.

One wio undertakes to transport goods from one place te another. i Pars. Cont. 682. One who carries or agrees to carry the gouds of another, from one place to another, for hire, or

In criminal law. The act of removal or asportation, by which the crime of larceny is completed, aud which is essential to constitute it. CARRYING AWAY INFANT FE-

A verdict is said ee to carry costs when the party for whom the verdict is given becomes entitled to the pay- ee ment of his costs as incident to such verdict. a

A carriage for luggage or burden, with two wheels, as distinguished from a wagon, which has four wheels. The vehicle in which criminals are taken to execution. This word, in its or

In old English law. <A charter, or deed. Any written instrument. In Spanish law. A letter; a deed; 8 power of attorney. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 18, 1. 30.

In old English law. The charter of the forest. More commonly called “ Charta de Poresta,” (q. 0.)

Wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to take from an estate, for the purpose of rep:iring instruments, (including necessary vehicles, ) of husbandry. 2 BL Comm. 85.